HUMAN FLOURISHING Flashcards
_____is to exist in this world
Dasein
___ has a self that defines as it exist in such world (purpose)
Dasein
- The father of virtue ethics
- The highest goal of humanity is the good life or “human flourishing” (eudaimonia, happiness)
- Developing virtues is the way to achieve a rich and satisfying life
- Virtues make us good persons — and help us live a good life
Aristotle
In ________, happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by, among others, positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
psychology
To ______, happiness is a cocktail of emotions we experience when we do something good or positive
behaviorists
To ______, happiness is the experience of a flood of hormones released in the brain as a reward for behavior that prolongs survival
neurologist
The reward chemical
* Completing a task
* Doing self-care activities
* Eating food
* Celebrating little wins
Dopamine
the mood stabilizer
□ Meditating
□ Running
□ Sun exposure
□ Walk in nature
□ Swimming
□ Cycling
serotonin
the love hormone
□ Playing with a dog
□ Playing with a baby
□ Holding hand
□ Hugging your family
□ Give compliment
OXYTOCIN
the pain killer
□ Laughter exercises
□ Essential oils
□ Watch a comedy
□ Dark chocolate
□ Exercising
ENDORPHIN
The _____ view of well-being is that happiness is the polar opposite of suffering; the presence of happiness indicates the absence of pain. Because of this, hedonists believe that the purpose of life is to maximize happiness, which minimizes misery
hedonistic
________, is a term that combines the Greek words for “good” and “spirit” to describe the ideology. ________ defines happiness as the pursuit of becoming a better person.
Eudaimonia
○ “good spirited”
○ Coined by Aristotle
○ Describes the pinnacle of happiness that is attainable by humans
○ “human flourishing”
EUDAIMONIA
○ Philosophical inquiry into the nature of the good life for a human being
○ Human flourishing arises as a result of different components such as
§ Phronesis
§ Friendship
§ Wealth
§ Power
NICOMACHEAN ETHICS
□ The habit of making the right decisions and taking the right actions in context, and relentless pursuit of excellence for the common good.
PHRONESIS
○ His theory is about the real source of happiness is to experience it.
○ He agrees with the ethical doctrine which claims PLEASURE is the norm of morality — hedonism.
Epicurean’s View on Happiness
○ Value comes before truth. Or rather “truth” is only valued if it is useful, and what is useful will be taken as “truth”
○ The pursuit of truth for truth’s sake may lead us into nihilism — since the ultimate nature of reality is irrational, unknowable and meaningless without subjective interpretation
○ NOT relativism, but perspectivism — not all perspectives are of equal value
Nietzsche’s View: The revaluation of all values
○ Beyond Darwin - life is not just about survival
○ Life is about FLOURISHING
○ And transforming your environment into a place where you and your kind can flourish.
§ Not just physically, but culturally, intellectually, emotionally, spiritually — VALUES again.
WILL TO POWER
Humans of today are expected to become “_______”
man of the world
- Focus is community-centric
- Individual should sacrifice himself for the sake of society
- Chinese Confucian system
- Japanese Bushido
- Encourages studies of literature, science, and art for a greater cause
EASTERN CONCEPTION REGARDING SOCIETY AND HUMAN FLOURISHING
- More focused on the individual
- Human flourishing as an end
- Aristotelian view
- Aims for eudaimonia as the ultimate good
WESTERN CONCEPTION REGARDING SOCIETY AND HUMAN FLOURISHING
- Observe
- Determine the problem
- Formulate hypothesis
- Conduct experiment
- Gather and analyze
- Formulate conclusion and provide recommendation
STEPS IN SCIENTIFIC METHOD
○ A discipline is science if it can be confirmed or interpreted in the event of an alternative hypothesis being accepted
○ Premium on empiricism
○ Takes into account those results which are measurable and experiments which are repeatable
VERIFICATION THEORY
○ Group of scholars who believed that:
§ Only those which can be observed should be regarded as meaningful
§ Reject those which cannot be directly accessed as meaningless
VIENNA CIRCLE
○ As long as an ideology is not proven to be false and can best explain a phenomenon over alternative theories, we should accept the said ideology
○ Allowed emergence of theories otherwise rejected by the verification theory
○ Encouraged research in order to determine which among the theories can stand the test of falsification
FALSIFICATION THEORY
Who coined the Falsification Theory?
Karl Popper
§ Aim at the production of new, falsifiable predictions
§ Scientific practice is characterized by its continual effort to test theories against experience and make revisions based on the outcomes of these tests
KARL POPPER
§ There is no known rule as to the number of instance that a theory is rejected or falsified in order for it to be set aside
§ There is no assurance that observable event or “evidences” are indeed manifestations of a certain concept or “theories”
KARL POPPER (FALSIFICATION THEORY)
- Ancient Greek philosopher
- Known for his natural philosophy, logic, and political theory
ARISTOTLE
§ One of the greatest thinkers in the history of Western science and philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance, and theatre
ARISTOTLE
§ First to classify areas of human knowledge into distinct disciplines such as mathematics, biology, and ethics
§ Founder of Lyceum, the first scientific institute,, based in Athens, Greece
ARISTOTLE
§ One of the strongest advocates of a liberal arts education, which stresses the education of the whole person, including one’s moral character, rather than merely learning a set of skills
ARISTOTLE
All human activities aim at some good. Every art and human inquiry, and similarly, every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has been rightly declared as that at which all things aim
Nicomachean Ethics 2:2
○ Living in comfort and luxury with few problems or worries
○ Characterized by happiness from living and doing well
○ Content
What is meant by good life
Came from the Greek word eu meaning “good” and daimon meaning “spirit”
EUDAIMONIA
○ Refers to good life marked by happiness and excellence
○ Flourishing life filled with meaningful endeavors that empower the human person to be the best version of himself/herself
EUDAIMONIA
○ The activity of the soul in accordance with virtue
○ Believed that good for humans is the maximum realization of what was unique to humans
○ the good for humans was to reason well
○ The task of reason was to teach humans how to act virtuously, and the exercise of faculties in accordance with virtue
ARISTOTLE’S VIEW OF GOOD LIFE
Behavior showing high moral standards
VIRTUE
2 KINDS OF VIRTUE
INTELLECTUAL, MORAL
_______ in the main owes its birth and growth in teaching (for it’s reason it requires experience and time.)
Intellectual virtue
While ___ comes about as a result of habit
moral virtue
Virtue, then, being of two kinds, intellectual and moral,
○ Intellectual virtue in the main owes its birth and growth in teaching (for it’s reason it requires experience and time.
* While moral virtue comes about as a result of habit
Nicomachean Ethics 2:1
- Theoretical wisdom (thinking and truth)
- Practical wisdom, understanding
- Experience and time are necessary requirements for the development of _____
INTELLECTUAL VIRTUE
- Controlled by practical wisdom (ability to make right judgement
- Owed its development to how one nurtured it as habit
- Can be learned
MORAL VIRTUE
○ “happiness depends on ourselves”
○ Central purpose of human life and a goal in itself
○ Depends on the cultivation of virtue
○ A genuinely happy life required the fulfillment of a broad range of conditions, including physical as well as mental well-being
HAPPINESS TO ARISTOTLE
_______ is the final end or goal that encompasses the totality of one’s life. It is not something that can be gained or lost in a few hours, like pleasurable sensations. It is more like the ultimate value of your life as lived up to this moment, measuring how well you have leaved up to your full potential as a human being
Happiness (as the Ultimate Purpose of Human Existence)
- also the movement towards good life
- are one of the highest expression of human faculties
- allow us to thrive and flourish if we desire it
- may corrupt a person
- with virtue can help an individual to be out of danger
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
“Life is good! It is only our thoughts, choice, and actions towards the situations we meet in life each moment of time that makes life look bad! The same bad situation in life makes one person thing badly inspires another to do a noble thing! The same good situation in life that makes one person feel so good to get into a bad situation inspires another person to create another good situation because of the good situation. It is all about thoughts, choices, and actions! Life is good! Live it well!”
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
